List Of Spiders Research Articles

A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae)

A list of spiders is provided (Arachnida: Araneae), collected in April 2019 in the south-west of Turkey (Antalya Province, Kemer doi:10.30963/aramit6204 district). In total 95 species from 28 families have been recorded. Sintula karineae spec. nov. is described based on female specimens. Brigittea innocens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), a relatively unknown and poorly documented species, is redescribed. Besides the newly described member of Sintula, further eight species are new for the fauna of Turkey: Canariphantes nanus (Kulczyński, 1898), Cyclosa algerica Simon, 1885, Hogna effera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), Lepthyphantes magnesiae Brignoli, 1979, Oecobius navus Blackwall, 1859, Phrurolithus azarkinae Zamani & Marusik, 2020, Pseudeuophrys rhodiensis Schäfer, 2018 and Theridion helena Wunderlich, 2011. One female of Ozyptila Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Thomisidae) is described and illustrated and possibly represents the unknown female of O. spirembola Wunderlich, 1995, but no accompanying male was collected. Moreover, the findings of several other species already known from Turkey represent important records for the local fauna: Berinda cooki Logunov, 2012, Harpactea sturanyi (Nosek, 1905), Heriaeus setiger (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872), Improphantes turok Tanasevitch, 2011, Mermessus denticulatus (Banks, 1898), Nomisia orientalis Dalmas, 1921, Philodromus femurostriatus Muster, 2009, Tegenaria faniapollinis Brignoli, 1978, Tegenaria vankeerorum Bolzern, Burckhardt & Hänggi, 2013 and Zaitunia kunti Zonstein & Marusik, 2016. Photos and drawings of most of these species are provided.

ПОПЕРЕДНІ ВІДОМОСТІ ПРО ФАУНУ ПАВУКІВ (ARACHNIDA, ARANEI) ФАСТІВСЬКОГО РАЙОНУ (КИЇВСЬКА ОБЛАСТЬ)

In this article, an inventory of the spider fauna of the Fastov district of the Kiev region was carried out, an annotated list of spiders was compiled and includes 84 spider species of 67 genera from 20 families. The annotated list contains faunistic material, collection method and biotopic preferences of species. The most represented by the number of species in the fauna are the families Araneidae – 19 species (24 %), Thomisidae – 8 species (9 %) and Salticidae – 8 species (9 %). The dominance of species of the family Araneidae is due to the large proportion of the surveyed habitats and vegetation layers inhabited by orb weaving spiders. In general, widespread species of spiders with high ecological plasticity were prevail. Including 10 species: Clubiona caerulescens, Harpactea rubicunda, Haplodrassus silvestris, Zelotes electus, Diplostyla concolor, Tenuiphantes flavipes, Agroeca brunnea, Pardosa amentata, Pseudeuophrys erratica and Ozyptila praticola were recorded in the litter layer of a pine forest only. Three species: Cyclosa oculata, Oxyopes ramosus and Dolomedes plantarius are rare according to the literature data. Five species were found in near-water habitats: Larinioides cornutus, Clubiona phragmitis, D. plantarius, Tetragnatha extensa, and Marpissa radiata, and were not found in the other biotopes. Two species, Metellina segmentata and Tetragnatha montana, are found on near-water vegetation and forest edges. In buildings and in household plots, two synanthropic species were found – Tegenaria domestica and Parasteatoda tepidariorum. The zoogeographic and taxonomic compositions of the araneofauna of the region under study are presented. Arealogically, the basis is made up of the Palaearctic (35 %) and Holarctic (19 %) groups. West-Central-Palaearctic species – 14 %, European-Ancient Mediterranean – 12 %. European and more northern European-Siberian species account for 8 and 5 %, respectively. In comparison with the data for Polesie, the araneofauna of the Fastov region has certain characteristics, namely: a large participation in the composition of the araneofauna of Palaearctic and Holarctic species, a decrease in the proportion of EuropeanSiberian species and an increase in the proportion of European-Ancient Mediterranean groups of species.

Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships of Exemplars of Four Spider Families from Ha’il Region, Northern Saudi Arabia and a Preliminary List of Spiders of Ha’il

Knowledge about spider fauna in Saudi Arabia is hugely inadequate compared to adjacent countries. The present work is a preliminary study of Hai’l’s spiders. Fourteen genera, in addition to five unidentified spider species, belonging to 16 families were recorded in Ha’il Region. This is the first study of spider’s fauna in Northern Saudi Arabia and may provide a basis for future studies. In addition molecular markers including Histone (H3) and 12S rDNA sequences were used to examine the phylogenetic relationships of exemplars of the most common four spider families. The constructed tree based on both maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood of the two studied sequences revealed that the studied representatives of family Agelenidae and family Sparassidae were grouped in one supported clade. However, the relationship of this clade with the other two studied families shows controversy in both H3 and 12S trees. Results for each of the studied genes, support their reliability for phylogenetic analysis of spiders. Ha’il, Spiders list, Molecular Phylogenetics, 12S rDNA, H3.

Draposa, a new wolf spider genus from South and Southeast Asia (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Draposa gen. nov. is proposed for eight wolf spider species from the Indomalayan Region, all of which were previously placed in the genus Pardosa: Draposa atropalpis (Gravely, 1924) comb. nov., D. lyrivulva (Bosenberg & Strand, 1906) comb. nov. (= Pardosa leucopalpis Gravely, 1924 syn. nov.), D. nicobarica (Thorell, 1891) comb. nov., D. oakleyi (Gravely, 1924) comb. nov., D. porpaensis (U. A. Gajbe, 2004) comb. nov., D. subhadrae (Patel & Reddy, 1993) comb. nov., D. tenasserimensis (Thorell, 1895) comb. nov., and D. zhanjiangensis (Yin, Wang, Peng & Xie, 1995) comb. nov. Species of Draposa share synapomorphies in the copulatory organs, inter alia a complex subpaleal sclerite in the terminal part of the male bulbus. The presence of D. lyrivulva in Japan is put in doubt and the species should be excluded from the list of spiders in that country. Draposa nicobarica (type species) and D. tenasserimensis are redescribed and illustrated for the first time from the type material. Draposa atropalpis is redescribed from material from India and Sri Lanka, D. lyrivulva and D. subhadrae (first record outside India) from material collected in Sri Lanka and D. oakleyi from material from India and Bangladesh.

New data on the least known zelotines (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) of Greece and adjacent regions

In this paper six of the least or poorly known zelotine species from Greece belonging to the genera Trachyzelotes (2) and Zelotes (4) are presented. Following the examination of material from several islands in the East Mediterranean Sea, Trachyzelotes stubbsi Platnick & Murphy, 1984 is critically distinguished from T. adriaticus (Caporiacco, 1953). The examination of old material lead to the taxonomic re-evaluation of several poorly known species in the area of Greece and adjacent regions. Based on these studies, three new synonymies are proposed: Z. ilotarum Simon, 1884 as a new synonym of Z. cingarus (O. P.Cambridge, 1874) and Z. balcanicus Deltshev, 2006 and Z. baram Levy, 2009 as new synonyms of Z. argoliensis (C.L. Koch, 1839). Furthermore, a species from Crete closely associated to Z. ilotarum is represented and considered as a new species, Z. helicoides n.sp. Among the species listed above, T. stubbsi is a new record for the Greek territory, while Z. olympi (Kulczyński, 1903) is excluded from the Greek list of spiders based on the present knowledge of its distribution.

Spider Fauna of Island Geojedo (Prov. Gyeongsangnam-do) in Korea

This work was conducted to investigate spider fauna and community structure of Geojedo situated at the southern coast of Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea. Seventy species of 48 genera belonging to 17 families were identified from 389 collected spiders. Check list of spiders which represent 137 species, 91 genera from 29 families was made from former reports and present work including 4 cosmopolitan species, 6 Holarctic species, 13 Palearctic species and 2 Korean endemic species. Species richness was high in Araneidae (30 species, 21.9%), Salticidae (22 species, 15.8%), Theridiidae (18 species, 12.9%), and Thomisidae and Linyphiidae (10 species, 7.2%) in order. This work might be valuable monitoring to understand the biota of Geojedo and to analyze Korean island ecosystem.

Additions to the Wild Fauna and Flora of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Material from the Malaise trap operated by D. Baldock in 2002 continues to be identified and records of beetles omitted in previous supplements are listed here. Other casual records from various sources are also given. Tom Cope has continued his studies on the Wild Flora of the Gardens. Diego Fontaneto and Tim Barraclough collected rotifers in the gardens in November 2004. Members of the British Arachnological Society visited Kew on 10th September 2004 and a complete list of spiders and harvestmen found in the gardens is attempted.

Trochosa sepulchralis, a senior synonym of Trochosa acompa, and the restoration of Trochosa abdita (Araneae, Lycosidae)

Trochosa sepulchralis (Montgomery 1902) is recognized as the senior synonym of Trochosa acompa (Chamberlin 1924) based upon careful examination of critical morphological characteristics. In addition, Trochosa abdita (Gertsch 1934), once considered a junior synonym of T. acompa, is now recognized as a valid species. Trochosa sepulchralais and T. abdita are fully illustrated and described, and essential information regarding species identification, morphological dimensions, and geographic distribution is included. Spiders of the lycosid genus Trochosa are small to medium sized wolf spiders (5.8-13.0 mm) that are largely Holarctic in distribution. They are often found at the edge of woods and in woodland habitats. In this paper, we clarify the relationship of two Nearctic species in this genus: Trochosa sepulchralis (Montgomery 1902) and T. abdita (Gertsch 1934). Previously T. sepulchralis and T. acompa (Chamberlin 1924) were recognized as separate species (Platnick 2007), but are in fact one with T. sepulchralis as the senior synonym. Roewer (1955) placed T. sepulchralis in Geolycosa, despite the fact that it lacks characteristic features of this genus, such as a very high cephalothorax, darkened forelegs, and obligate burrowing behavior. Trochosa abdita was considered a junior synonym of T. acompa by Wallace (1947), but it is a distinct species. Both species have genitalic and morphological characters consistent with those of Trochosa. Lycosa sepulchralis was first described by Montgomery (1902) from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has received little attention since that time. When Lycosa acompa was described by Chamberlin (1924) from a single female individual collected from New Orleans, he apparently was unaware of the great similarities between these two popula- tions. As a result, they have been recognized as two separate species up to this point. This research began as an investigation into the relationship between T. abdita and T. acompa. We discovered drawings by Brady during the 1970's of the L. sepulchralis holotype that bore a striking similarity to T. acompa. The holotypes were then compared and it was concluded that they represent the same species, and hence the new synonymy. Gertsch (1934) described L. abdita based upon a single female specimen. For reasons that were not made clear, Wallace (1947) synonomized it with L. acompa. The two species were grouped together and locality records for these two species from Florida, Texas, and Georgia were consoli- dated. Barnes (1953) did not recognize Wallace's synonymy when he included T. abdita in a list of spiders from North Carolina, nor did Roewer (1955). Trochosa abdita and T. acompa, both originally described in Lycosa, were not included in Brady's revision of the genus Trochosa (Brady 1979), but their placement in this group is now considered valid. A thorough examination of the holotypes and many additional specimens of both species collected during the past 50 years have allowed us to clarify the distribution of and relationship between T. abdita and T. sepulchralis. Differences in size, geographic distribution, and the morphology of somatic and reproductive structures in these two species became readily apparent, and the existence of two distinct species is now recognized. Trochosa abdita occurs in peninsular Florida and north along the eastern seaboard to North Carolina, while T. sepulchralis is found from the Florida panhandle east throughout Texas. Specimens from Pennsylvania and New York extend the range of the latter species into New England (Fig. 21). Little is known of the natural history of these two species other than that inferred through collection methods and locations, and the scant information found with the original descriptions. Wallace (1947) reported T. abdita collected from ''leaf mould of mesophytic hammocks in northcentral Florida.'' He also noted that T. abdita ''is usually found close to its retreat which is most often a shallow burrow in the ground beneath the leaf mould.'' Whether or not T. sepulchralis shares these specific behavioral characteristics needs to be ascertained. It is hoped that this paper will stimulate further investigations of these interesting woodland wolf spiders. METHODS

Predation on Mosquitoes (Diptera: Culicidae) Breeding in Tires by the Spider Agelenopsis Naevia (Araneae: Agelenidae)1

Observations concerning the predation of the spider Agelenopsis naevia on Anopheles spp. and Culex restuans mosquitoes in tires is presented. The first records of the spiders Xysticus ferox, Lycosa scutulatum, Schizocosa duplex and the genus Hyposinga in the state of Kansas are included in a list of spiders collected from the tires, which were situated in a 24.7-ha meadow in southeast Kansas. Agelenopsis naevia was the predominant species and architect of webbing that covered the rim openings of the tires.

The Distribution of Spiders at Spurn Head (E. Yorkshire) in Relation to Flooding

The peninsula of Spurn Head lies between the North Sea and the Humber estuary, at the south-east extremity of Yorkshire. Formed by the deposition of shingle, overlain by blown sand and by mud (de Boer 1964), it presents a striking variety of animal habitats, listed by Hincks (1951-1954). The latter and his collaborators published a list of spiders collected during six visits to Spurn in the summer months from 1947 to 1949 (Braham & Murgatroyd 1953). The fact that many spiders are to be found at Spurn outside these months suggested that more continuous collection would be worthwhile, and this paper is based on collections made by means of pit-fall traps from May 1968 to April 1970. These collections undoubtedly have all the disadvantages of pit-fall collections (Southwood 1966) but they have the advantage of referring to trapping sites where conditions of flooding were known. This has allowed the definition of three groups of spider species in relation to their preferences for flooded sites.

A List of Spiders Collected in Northern Mississippi

A List of Spiders Collected in Northern Mississippi

Annotated List of Spiders (Araneae) from Apple Trees in Nova Scotia

Orchard spiders are important because of their predatory activities and their frequent abundance. They were recngnizcd as a group needing study at the time Pickett et al. (1946) began their long-term investigation of orchard fauna. The identities of the species involved, and their influence on populations of orchard pests, are the main factors to be considered.This paper presents a list of the species collected in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia to date, together with brief comments of a general nature. Spiders have been collected in about 40 orchards since 1954. These orchards were subjected to a variety of cultural and pest control methods by the owners, but most were in sod cultivation, and under modified spray programs as described by Pickett and Patterson (1953). Collecting was done mainly by capping lower branches of trees over an inverted, open umbrella, hut specimens were also taken individually from crevices along tree trunks, and from trays under fumigated trees.

A List of Spiders From Mona Island, With Descriptions of New andLittle Known Species

A List of Spiders From Mona Island, With Descriptions of New andLittle Known Species

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A list of spiders from Osaka Prefecture. (Part II)

A list of spiders from Osaka Prefecture. (Part II)

A list of spiders from Tohnomine, Nara Prefecture, Nippon

A list of spiders from Tohnomine, Nara Prefecture, Nippon

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A List of spiders From Island Sado

A List of spiders From Island Sado

SPIDERS FROM THE LAC ST. JEAN REGION OF QUEBEC

A week's vacation in the delightful Lac St. Jean country netted an interesting list of spiders. No attempt was made ta make a general collection. We were primarily interested in the Linyphiidae and collected mostly by sifting moss and forest litter.At Bagotville we sifted moss on the wooded cliffs overlooking Ha-Ha Bay and in a little marecage nearby. These specimens are dated July 26, 1934.